Massive provincial overspends have seen health facilities across South Africa running out of lifesaving drugs for anything from hypertension pills and paediatric vaccinations to tuberculosis and HIV treatment.
As the Health Department and the South African National AIDS Council (SANAC) prepare to test 15 million South Africans for HIV in a year-long campaign starting next week, citizens are being urged to heed the call to know their status.
Johannesburg is the healthiest city in South Africa.
Cape Town, South Africa'€™s unhealthiest city, contains the most smokers, heaviest drinkers, lowest levels of physical activity and the most overweight residents.
HIV prevalence among university students in South Africa is lower than in the general population, according to a new study. But HIV infection among female students is more than double that of their male counterparts.
Health Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, has assured South Africans that all systems are in place to make the most ambitious HIV testing campaign the world has ever seen a success that it can be.
Read part 2 of a diary that was kept by a TB patient, Lungi Langa as she describes her journey toward recovery from TB.
South Africa has one of the highest TB rates in the world but a cure rate of only 54%. TB is often the first sign of HIV infection and is the leading cause of death in people living with HIV/AIDS. Health-e follows the story of Clive Maimela, and HIV positive man who had to struggle with TB.
Despite efforts to curb the spread of Rift Valley Fever (RVF) to the Western Cape 14 live stock have died while a veterinarian is suspected to have caught the virus.
Cancer survivor Jenny Heunis recently met her idol and fellow cancer survivor Lance Armstrong when he visited Cape Town. Heunis shares her story of triumph and how being mentally and physically strong helped her to pull through challenging times.
Lungi Langa, a 24 year old journalist was diagnosed with TB in October 2009. She recounts her arduous journey toward recovery in the form of a diary. Read part one.
Ahead of World TB Day (24 March), US Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret Hamburg helped public and private sector partners launch a new collaboration to significantly accelerate the development of combination treatments for tuberculosis'€” and replace an almost 50-year-old drug regimen.
South Africa'€™s student population recorded an HIV prevalence of 3,4% in the first comprehensive study to survey the scope and impact of HIV and AIDS on the higher education sector in South Africa. The HIV prevalence among academic staff was 1,5%, administrative staff 4,4% and service staff 12,2%.
KwaZulu-Natal Health MEC Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo visited fellow doctor Nerissa Pather at her home after seeing Health-e's 'Special Assignment' feature on her.
A protein discovered in fruit fly eyes has brought a Johns Hopkins team closer to understanding how the human heart and other organs automatically "right size" themselves, a piece of information that may hold clues to controlling cancer.
In 2006, the outbreak of an almost untreatable form of TB in Kwa-Zulu Natal struck fear in the public health community. TB is an airborne disease which is spread by coughing, sneezing or '€¦simply talking. It'€™s usually curable, but decades of a poorly run TB Control Programme has resulted in an explosion of new and lethal strains of drug resistant TB. Failure to curb infection has seen the number of TB case sky-rocket and among them are doctors and nurses.
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